Medicinal inhaler



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH \V. SNYDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEDICINAL INHALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,608, dated December18, 1883.

Application filed October 1, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH W. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented anImprovement in Medicinal Inhalers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the medicinal inhaler forwhich Letters Patent No. 249,553 were granted to me November 15, 1881;and the object of my invention is economy in construction, effected bydispensing with the duplex receptacle shown in the said patent, myinvention consisting, mainly, of a pillow or pad having an opening,withavessel adapted to said opening, but disconnected from the pillow,all substantially as described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of part ofa pillow or pad combined with the vessel 5 Fig. 2, a plan view of thesame, and Figs. 3 and 4 modifications of my invention.

In the device described in the aforesaid patent, a case or receptaclewas fitted into an opening in a pad or pillow and secured thereto, thereceptacle containing a vessel for the medicine to be inhaled, and thisvessel being detachable after removing the cover of the said receptacle.

In my improvement, the receptacle or casing for containing the innervessel is entirely dispensed with, the vessel itself for containing theinhaling-medicine being fitted directly into an opening in the pillow,but being disconnected therefrom.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A represents part of a pillow or pad ofsufficient size to enable the patient to lay his head on it with comfortwhen he assumes areclining position. An opening, a, of cylindrical formin the present instance, extends through the pillow, and a vessel, B,having a mouth, I), for receiving a cork or other available stopper orcover, extends into this opening, the vessel being provided at thebottom with an extended flange, d, which is interposed between the underside of the pillow and the bolster or other support for the same. Thepatients head can be adjusted to such a position on the pillow that hecan inhale the vapor evolved from the contents of the vessel, the weightof the head keeping the vessel in place. When the head has been removedfrom the pillow, however, the latter can be raised, leaving the saidvessel behind on the bolster, whence it (No model.)

can be removed to be cleansed, replenished with medicine, or laid asidefor future use. If desired, the vessel may be temporarily confined tothe under side of the pillow-for instance, by a tape or strip of fabricretained by buttons-0r the entire pillow with vessel may be enveloped inan ordinary pillow-slip, which can be promptly removed at pleasure; butwhatever confining device is used, it must not be such as to prevent theprompt withdrawal of the vessel from the pillow; or, in other words, thevessel must not be permanently secured thereto.

The vessel is preferably made entirely of glass or earthenware.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the opening in the pillow is ofconical form, and the vessel is of corresponding shape, so that it canbe readily withdrawn from the opening in the pillow. I however muchprefer the flaring opening shown in Fig. 4C, for economical reasons, asit can be more easily made than those shown in Figs. 1 and 3, all thatis necessary in forming this opening being to make through the twopieces of fabric of which the pillow may be wholly or in part composed acircle of stitches, and cut away the fabric in this circle, so that whenthe pil- 1ow.is stuffed the opening will naturally assume the form shownin Fig. 4, the stitched edges of the fabric being at :r. The vessel B inthis case is made with curved sides to conform, or nearly so, with therounded portion 7 of the opening which has to receive the said vessel.There may be two or more openings in the pillow, and a vessel for eachopening.

In view of the above-described patent, I disclaim a pillow or padprovided with an independent receptacle to contain medicine; but

I claim as my invention- The combination, in inhaling apparatus, of apillow or pad having an opening, a, with a vessel, B, for containingmedicaments, the said vessel being adapted to fit directly into theopening without any intervening casing, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH W. SNYDER.

